Why Do All These Racists Keep Working for Tucker Carlson?

[The Barbarian]

I'm not a Tucker Carlson guy. He's a big government protectionist, I'm a small government free trader. That said, it strikes me that he repudiated the comments of his former writer.

After he got caught. Before that, it was fine. Do you imagine Tucker didn't know what this guy was doing?

 

[Redwingfan9]

uhmmm...you do remember, David Duke never actually won an election until he became a Republican, right?
tulc(just thought that should be pointed out)

He won one election with all of 8400 votes despite the entirety of the GOP, including Reagan and Bush, supporting his opponent and repudiating him.

 

[tulc]

He won one election with all of 8400 votes despite the entirety of the GOP, including Reagan and Bush, supporting his opponent and repudiating him.

...which would seem to indicate that while the leadership of the Republican party doesn't like racist candidates, there seems to be a portion of the rank and file Republican Party that doesn't seem to have much problem with voting for them.
tulc(just thought that should be pointed out)

 

[The Barbarian]

...which would seem to indicate that while the leadership of the Republican party doesn't like racist candidates, there seems to be a portion of the rank and file Republican Party that doesn't seem to have much problem with voting for them.

And now they have the leader they want in Trump. The problem is, traditional conservative republicans are leaving the party; some of them are even working for Biden.

Conservative Icon George Will Urges November Sweep: Vote Out Trump, All GOP Enablers

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Conservative Icon George Will Urges Nov. Sweep: Vote Out Trump, All GOP Enablers

 

[Redwingfan9]

...which would seem to indicate that while the leadership of the Republican party doesn't like racist candidates, there seems to be a portion of the rank and file Republican Party that doesn't seem to have much problem with voting for them.
tulc(just thought that should be pointed out)

One district in Louisiana 30 years ago, totalling 8500 votes is not indicative of the state of the GOP anymore than a 50 year Senator and Klansman in the form of Sen. Robert Byrd, elected by well more than 8500 people by an entire state, represents the Democratic Party.

 

[The Barbarian]

One district in Louisiana 30 years ago, totalling 8500 votes is not indicative of the state of the GOP anymore than a 50 year Senator and Klansman in the form of Sen. Robert Byrd, elected by well more than 8500 people by an entire state, represents the Democratic Party.

The difference is, by the time your republican Nazi/Klansman was the republican nominee for governor of Louisiana, Byrd had long before, repented of his behavior, apologized to the American people, and tried to make amends. But even this year, Tucker was keeping a race-baiting sleazeball on his payroll.

 

[tulc]

One district in Louisiana 30 years ago, totalling 8500 votes is not indicative of the state of the GOP anymore than a 50 year Senator and Klansman in the form of Sen. Robert Byrd, elected by well more than 8500 people by an entire state, represents the Democratic Party.

well...this is from 2018:
Self-described Nazis and white supremacists are running as Republicans across the country. The GOP is terrified.

In at least five state and national races across the country, the Republican Party is dealing with an uncomfortable problem. Their party’s candidates are either a card-carrying Nazi, a Holocaust denier, a proud white supremacist, or all of the above.

This is from this year:
House Republican leaders condemn GOP candidate who made racist videos

The House’s highest-ranking Republicans are racing to distance themselves from a leading GOP congressional candidate in Georgia after POLITICO uncovered hours of Facebook videos in which she expresses racist, Islamophobic and anti-Semitic views.

tulc(will just leave these here)

 

[Redwingfan9]

well...this is from 2018:
Self-described Nazis and white supremacists are running as Republicans across the country. The GOP is terrified.

This is from this year:
House Republican leaders condemn GOP candidate who made racist videos

tulc(will just leave these here)

Thousands of Republican candidates and you come up with 5 nutjobs from districts that the Republicans are never going to win and thus aren't paying attention to. The Vox article is nothing but a smear job. We could do the same to the Democrats I'm sure. We could come up with communists and antisemites running for office and claim the entire party is full of communists.

 

[Arc F1]

Actually, what I'd do is ask you to provide evidence to support that claim. If you couldn't I'd tell you you were wrong about that.


See above.


Did you provide evidence in the article? Links and such (kind of like how they did in the OP)? Because here on CF we tend to be interested in people providing proof for things...kind of like how they did in the OP.


Not a problem, I've been used as a bad example pretty much all my life!
tulc(and rarely as politely as Arc F1 just did!)

When I start saying "if I" its hard to show anymore evidence other than it being my example. Sometimes I ramble and the thought gets lost. It happens. If people can laugh at me for some of the posts I make then at least I brought them some happiness. It's all good.

The meds I have to take kind of scramble the thought process and it shows at times. I'm not what I used to be. Thanks for understanding.

 

[tulc]

Thousands of Republican candidates and you come up with 5 nutjobs from districts that the Republicans are never going to win and thus aren't paying attention to. The Vox article is nothing but a smear job. We could do the same to the Democrats I'm sure. We could come up with communists and antisemites running for office and claim the entire party is full of communists.

...I thought the point I was addressing was "David Duke was a one off candidate from 30 years ago!" and I was pointing out that there are several people just like Mr Duke that the Republican Party has dealt with just in the last couple of years.
tulc(just thought that should be pointed out)